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This document contains an exam for an Analog Electronics 2 module. It includes 4 compulsory questions covering topics like transistor output characteristics, common emitter amplifiers, and zener diode regulators. Students must answer question 1 and any two other questions.

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EELXE - 7 - Y1 Analogue Electronics 2

This document contains an exam for an Analog Electronics 2 module. It includes 4 compulsory questions covering topics like transistor output characteristics, common emitter amplifiers, and zener diode regulators. Students must answer question 1 and any two other questions.

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CORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

INSTITIÚID TEICNEOLAÍOCHTA CHORCAÍ

Semester 2 Examinations 2008/09

Module Title: ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS 2

Module Code: ELTR6003

School: ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Programme Title:
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering, Year 1

Programme Code: CR_EELXE_7_Y1

External Examiner(s): Mr. D. Denieffe


Dr. P. O’Sullivan
Internal Examiner: Mr M. O’Gorman

Instructions: Answer Question 1 and TWO other questions.


Question 1 (worth 40 marks) is compulsory.
Questions 2, 3, and 4 are each worth 30 marks.

Duration: 2 Hours

Sitting: Summer 2009

Requirements for this examination: N/A

Note to Candidates: Please check the Programme Title and the Module Title to ensure that you are
attempting the correct examination paper.
If in doubt please contact an Invigilator.

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COMPULSORY QUESTION

Q. 1 (a) Show how the maximum power dissipation curve for a transistor may be drawn
on the transistor’s output characteristics.
Illustrate the direction of curve displacement if the ambient operating
temperature of the device is to be increased. [10 marks]
(b) Sketch typical output characteristics for a common emitter transistor and
illustrate the region where the transistor is said to be saturated.
What bias condition exists at the collector-base junction (VCB) when a transistor
operates in the saturated region? [10 marks]
(c) Explain why the output voltage of a common emitter transistor amplifier is
180° out of phase with the input voltage. [10 marks]
(d) Briefly distinguish between avalanche breakdown and zener breakdown in a
reverse-biased pn-junction. [10 marks]

CHOOSE TWO QUESTIONS FROM Q.2, Q.3, OR Q.4.

Q. 2 (a) Draw the circuit diagram of a simple zener diode regulator and briefly explain
how the circuit minimises the effects of supply voltage variations on the load
voltage. [8 Marks]

(b) A zener diode has a reverse breakdown voltage of 4.7V and may be considered
a linear resistance of 4Ω for voltages beyond this value It is to be used in a
simple voltage regulator circuit to maintain 5.0V across a 200Ω load from a
nominal 10V supply.
Calculate a suitable value of series resistor. [8 Marks]

(c) Determine the power dissipated in the series resistor and in the diode. [8 Marks]

(d) Calculate the change in load voltage if the supply voltage increases by 10%. [6 Marks]

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Q. 3

V CC ( + 12V )

RL
R1
Ω)
(800

R2 RE
CE

0V

Figure 1

(a) Explain what is meant by stabilisation of the operating point and how it is
achieved in the amplifier of Figure 1. [8 Marks]

(b) Explain the function of each of the five labelled components in Figure 1. [10 Marks]

(c) The transistor in the common emitter amplifier of Figure 1 has a dc current
gain(β) of 40 and a base–emitter voltage(VBE) of 0.65V.
Determine suitable values for R1 , R 2 , and R E if the amplifier is to have
quiescent operating conditions of VCE = 6.0V and IC = 5mA. [12 Marks]

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Q. 4 The output characteristics of an NPN transistor are tabulated below (assumed
to be linear over the given range).

IB IC (mA) @ VCE equal to:–


(µA) 2V 10V
30 1.5 1.8
50 3.0 3.5
70 4.5 5.8

The transistor is to be used in the common emitter mode with a resistive load
of 2 kΩ and a supply voltage of 12V.

(a) Plot the output characteristics and draw the load-line on graph paper. [12 Marks]

(b) Calculate the amplifier ac current gain for an input base current of 40µAP-P
varying sinusoidally about a mean value of 50 µA. [6 Marks]

(c) Calculate the ac voltage gain if the ac input resistance is 1400Ω. [6 Marks]

(d) Determine the ac power gain. [6 Marks]

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